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Glenway Wescott
An elegant, quietly daring voice of American modernism, Glenway Wescott brought a poet’s eye to novels, stories, and essays. His best-known works, including The Grandmothers and The Pilgrim Hawk, explore intimacy, memory, and the tensions beneath polished lives.
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The grandmothers : A family portrait
by Glenway Wescott
About the author
Born on April 11, 1901, on a farm near Kewaskum, Wisconsin, Glenway Wescott began as a poet before becoming known for his novels, short stories, and essays. He briefly studied at the University of Chicago and later lived in Germany and France, where he joined the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s.
Wescott’s major books include The Apple of the Eye, The Grandmothers, Goodbye, Wisconsin, Fear and Trembling, The Pilgrim Hawk, and Apartment in Athens. His writing is noted for its precise prose, psychological insight, and attention to the complexity of personal relationships.
He returned to the United States with his longtime companion, Monroe Wheeler, and spent his later years in New Jersey. Wescott died on February 22, 1987, leaving behind a body of work that has continued to attract readers interested in American modernism and queer literary history.